Catherine Mayer
@mayeroflondon.bsky.social
Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. Novel TIME/LIFE out now. New nonfiction 2026. FYI don’t see private messages on here
Like Dame Judi, I remember whole chunks of Shakespeare, galaxies of obscure facts, but my diary is an absolute binfire. Just noticed this entry for next week 🤣😭😱. #memory #forgetting #judidench
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Like Dame Judi, I remember whole chunks of Shakespeare, galaxies of obscure facts, but my diary is an absolute binfire. Just noticed this entry for next week 🤣😭😱. #memory #forgetting #judidench
Guess the next sentence. Yep.“Racism, homophobia and antisemitism were undoubtedly commonplace in British culture in the 1970s and ubiquitous in school playgrounds.” www.thetimes.com/article/816f...
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Guess the next sentence. Yep.“Racism, homophobia and antisemitism were undoubtedly commonplace in British culture in the 1970s and ubiquitous in school playgrounds.” www.thetimes.com/article/816f...
Always curious about tech companies set up to monetise fixing problems caused by tech. This one promises to stop AI impersonations.
imper.ai I looked to see who is behind it and… well, certainly that’s relevant experience and expertise
imper.ai I looked to see who is behind it and… well, certainly that’s relevant experience and expertise
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Always curious about tech companies set up to monetise fixing problems caused by tech. This one promises to stop AI impersonations.
imper.ai I looked to see who is behind it and… well, certainly that’s relevant experience and expertise
imper.ai I looked to see who is behind it and… well, certainly that’s relevant experience and expertise
If you voted Labour at the last election, did you think you were voting for this?
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you voted Labour at the last election, did you think you were voting for this?
Editing aka killing my darlings. #writerslife
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Editing aka killing my darlings. #writerslife
Successive governments have made me cry with rage but right now I am weeping with joy and grief. Finally the efforts of campaigners have resulted in an undertaking to preserve the Covid Memorial Wall, our shrine and celebration of our #lovelydead. Wonderful news if bittersweet.
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Successive governments have made me cry with rage but right now I am weeping with joy and grief. Finally the efforts of campaigners have resulted in an undertaking to preserve the Covid Memorial Wall, our shrine and celebration of our #lovelydead. Wonderful news if bittersweet.
Everyone keeps going on about how brilliant Joe was on #traitors but Ruth Codd was the standout star. (“Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining.”)
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Everyone keeps going on about how brilliant Joe was on #traitors but Ruth Codd was the standout star. (“Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining.”)
Spot the 👑 mistake
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Spot the 👑 mistake
Excellent ad placement.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Excellent ad placement.
For a moment there I thought the artist formerly known as Duchess had found a new hustle
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For a moment there I thought the artist formerly known as Duchess had found a new hustle
Raise your hand if you don’t think this poll an outlier (Me: 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️)
2nd chart shows the nub of the problem, Labour sacrificing its base and values in a doomed attempt to out-Reform Reform. www.thetimes.com/article/bbf3...
2nd chart shows the nub of the problem, Labour sacrificing its base and values in a doomed attempt to out-Reform Reform. www.thetimes.com/article/bbf3...
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Raise your hand if you don’t think this poll an outlier (Me: 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️)
2nd chart shows the nub of the problem, Labour sacrificing its base and values in a doomed attempt to out-Reform Reform. www.thetimes.com/article/bbf3...
2nd chart shows the nub of the problem, Labour sacrificing its base and values in a doomed attempt to out-Reform Reform. www.thetimes.com/article/bbf3...
Hard to see how this will end. If this were a commercial organisation or normal public sector body, there would be resignations, investigations, inquiries. There would be attention not only on the core allegations but the culture of impunity that shielded rather than insisting on accountability
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Hard to see how this will end. If this were a commercial organisation or normal public sector body, there would be resignations, investigations, inquiries. There would be attention not only on the core allegations but the culture of impunity that shielded rather than insisting on accountability
The titles really aren’t the issue, are they?
October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The titles really aren’t the issue, are they?
Imagine having a slot on primetime television to discuss your friendship with a convicted paedophile and not at any point expressing concern for the victims
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Imagine having a slot on primetime television to discuss your friendship with a convicted paedophile and not at any point expressing concern for the victims
Help. I seem to have woken up in 1933
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Help. I seem to have woken up in 1933
The BBC manages to make a truly important programme and then crashes?
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The BBC manages to make a truly important programme and then crashes?
In 2022 WE put up fake police incident boards highlighting institutional misogyny and racism in the Met police. Tonight’s BBC Panorama hows how bad it is. To quote one of our boards, the police cannot stop violence and discrimination if they do not recognise it in their own ranks.
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In 2022 WE put up fake police incident boards highlighting institutional misogyny and racism in the Met police. Tonight’s BBC Panorama hows how bad it is. To quote one of our boards, the police cannot stop violence and discrimination if they do not recognise it in their own ranks.
Who’s that grooving to the beat?
Yep. That’s Sandi Toksvig dancing to the Belle Stars on No 73.
She’s currently touring her one-woman show Friends of Dorothy around England. And who knows. She might be persuaded to get out her dancing shoes.
www.sanditoksvig.com
#friendsofdorothy #comedy #standup
Yep. That’s Sandi Toksvig dancing to the Belle Stars on No 73.
She’s currently touring her one-woman show Friends of Dorothy around England. And who knows. She might be persuaded to get out her dancing shoes.
www.sanditoksvig.com
#friendsofdorothy #comedy #standup
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Who’s that grooving to the beat?
Yep. That’s Sandi Toksvig dancing to the Belle Stars on No 73.
She’s currently touring her one-woman show Friends of Dorothy around England. And who knows. She might be persuaded to get out her dancing shoes.
www.sanditoksvig.com
#friendsofdorothy #comedy #standup
Yep. That’s Sandi Toksvig dancing to the Belle Stars on No 73.
She’s currently touring her one-woman show Friends of Dorothy around England. And who knows. She might be persuaded to get out her dancing shoes.
www.sanditoksvig.com
#friendsofdorothy #comedy #standup
Good morning Glasgow
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Good morning Glasgow
This is what Sandi Toksvig texted me when she first read TIME/LIFE.
So please come to my BOOK EVENTS, Scotland and online, this Monday
If you're worried about the rise of populism or gripped by themes of love and loss, TIME/LIFE is a book for you and these are conversations for you.
Details in🧵
So please come to my BOOK EVENTS, Scotland and online, this Monday
If you're worried about the rise of populism or gripped by themes of love and loss, TIME/LIFE is a book for you and these are conversations for you.
Details in🧵
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is what Sandi Toksvig texted me when she first read TIME/LIFE.
So please come to my BOOK EVENTS, Scotland and online, this Monday
If you're worried about the rise of populism or gripped by themes of love and loss, TIME/LIFE is a book for you and these are conversations for you.
Details in🧵
So please come to my BOOK EVENTS, Scotland and online, this Monday
If you're worried about the rise of populism or gripped by themes of love and loss, TIME/LIFE is a book for you and these are conversations for you.
Details in🧵
Can it really be a quarter of a century since Paula died?Some memories bleach and fade with time but she is/was too vivid to succumb to that process. Everything the world thought it knew about her was wrong, including the idea that she had gone. catherinemayer.co.uk/everything-y...
September 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Can it really be a quarter of a century since Paula died?Some memories bleach and fade with time but she is/was too vivid to succumb to that process. Everything the world thought it knew about her was wrong, including the idea that she had gone. catherinemayer.co.uk/everything-y...
What a difference three days make 👀 #reverseferret
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
What a difference three days make 👀 #reverseferret